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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 21

of Physiology and Biophysics, and the Director of the School of Life Sciences. T h e Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d .

Headship of the Department of Psychology, Urbana

(9) T h e Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the appointment of Dr. Joseph David Birch, presently Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Graduate College, as Head of the Department of Psychology beginning August 21, 1976, on an academic-year service basis, at an annual salary of $34,000. Dr. Birch will continue to hold the rank of Professor of Psychology on indefinite tenure. Dr. Birch will succeed Dr. Joseph E. McGrath, who has asked to be relieved of this administrative appointment. T h e nomination was made on the recommendation of a search committee, 1 with the concurrence of the members of the department of professorial rank and the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. T h e Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Rader, this appointment was approved. Appointments to the Faculty

(10) T h e following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and to certain administrative positions, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated. A — Indefinite tenure N — Term appointment not eligible to be appointed for an indefinite term and not credited toward probationary period Q — Initial term appointment for a Professor or Associate Professor T ' — T e r m i n a l appointment accompanied with or preceded by notice of nonreappointment W — One-year appointment subject to special written agreement Y — Twelve-months' service basis 1-7 — Indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure Figures following a symbol indicate percentage of time if the appointment is on a part-time basis (e.g., N75 means one year on three-fourths time).

Urbana-Champaign

1. LYLE F . BAOHMAN, Assistant Professor, English as a Second Language, beginning August 2 1 , 1976 ( 1 ) , at an annual salary of $14,500. 2. CHARLES E. BLAIR, I I I , Assistant Professor of Business Administration, beginning August 21, 1976 ( 1 ) , at an annual salary of $17,000. 3. HARLAND G. BLOLAND, Assistant Professor of Administration, Higher, and Continuing Education, beginning August 21, 1976 ( 1 ) , at an annual salary of $17,000.

1 Neal J. Rothman, Professor of Mathematics, Chairman; Gladys B. Baxley, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Douglas A. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Psychology; Michael G. H. Coles, Associate Professor of Psychology; Emanuel Donchin, Professor of Psychology and of Physiology and Biophysics; William E. Kappauf, Professor of Psychology; Samuel S. Komorita, Professor of Psychology; and Ross D . Parke, Professor of Psychology.